Laptop docking stations can offer a perfect mix of productivity and convenience. They transform your portable computer (with its cramped keyboard, smallish display, and limited connectivity options) into a workstation connected to multiple monitors, a full-size keyboard, and oodles of connectivity options.
But the bad thing about notebook docking stations is that you can have a rough time disengaging the laptop from its dock. Connections at both ends—the dock and the laptop—tend to be fragile, and they can become unreliable over time.
Dell has a better idea: A docking station and a wireless network adapter card based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard—more commonly known as WiGig. Plug all your cabled devices—up to two displays, gigabit ethernet, keyboard, mouse, hard drives, and other USB devices—into the dock, and your laptop establishes a wireless connection to the dock. Your notebook doesn’t need any cables (unless it’s running on AC power). And since the combination operates on the 60GHz frequency band, it won’t interfere with your Wi-Fi network operating on the 2.4- and 5GHz bands.
ROBERT CARDINThere’s just one significant drawback: Dell is offering the internal adapter card (the $37.50 Dell Wireless 1601 WiGig and 802.11n 2x2 Wi-Fi Half Mini Card) that’s required for pairing the notebook to the docking station as an option with only one laptop: the Latitude 6430u. You can’t buy the adapter card separately from the computer, so you can’t add it to a Latitude 6430u you might already own. And there are no third-party adapters that would enable you to use the D5000 with other notebooks.
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